University of North Texas 
Internships
All College of Applied and Collaborative Studies (CACS) students are encouraged to complete internships. Three CACS degree programs require an internship, but internships have significant value as authentic professional experiences that get you hired, regardless of whether they count as academic credit toward a degree plan.
Students can earn between one and six credit hours for each internship. Students should work with their academic advisor to determine the number of hours that they should enroll in to complete their degree plan. Because internships are specific and unique, students must meet with Ana White, the CACS Director of Advising, who can ensure that the internship aligns with their program and graduation goals.
Program specific internship requirements can be found through the links below. All internships used for academic credit should align with degree program curriculum and student career goals and must be approved by program directors. All students are encouraged to submit information about their planned internship via Handshake; however, students hoping to receive academic credit for their internship are required to submit their internship through Handshake prior to the beginning of the term in which the internship is being completed.
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Program Requirements are Listed Below:
Applied Project Design and Analysis (APDA)
- One required internship.
- Students must have a GPA of 2.0 to be eligible to complete an internship for academic credit.
- Examples of internship experiences that may be approved for academic credit
- Social media content creation
- Project management
- Business Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Learning and Development
- Finance
- Graphic design
Project Design and Analysis (PDA)
- Three required internships.
- Students are not eligible to complete an internship until after their first two semesters in the program.
- GPA Requirements
- SPDA 2012 – Internship I: Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and permission of internship or program director
- SPDA 3012 – Internship II: Must have a major specific GPA of 2.5 and permission of the internship director or program director
- SPDA 4012 – Internship III: SPDA 3012 with the grade of a B or better. Must have a major specific GPA of 2.5 and permission of the internship director or program director.
- Examples of internship experiences that may be approved for academic credit
- Social media content creation
- Project management
- Business Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Learning and Development
- Finance
- Graphic design
- Event management
Industrial Distribution (INDS)
- One required internship.
- Students must have a GPA of 2.0 to be eligible to complete an internship for academic credit.
- Examples of internship experiences that may be approved for academic credit
- Operations
- Sales
- Logistics and Supply Chain
- Optimization
- Project management
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS)
- Optional internships for traditional pathway students.
- For-credit internships are not available to fully online students.
- Students must have a GPA of 2.0 to be eligible to complete an internship for academic credit.
- Students can earn up to six (6) internship credit hours.
- Students are only eligible to receive internship credit for unique experiences that they have not received credit for at a previous institution of higher education.
- Internship must be directly related to student focus areas, concentrations, and/or career plans.
- Internship Examples
- Sales
- Social media content creation
- Information technology
- Customer service
- Government
- Legal
- Nonprofit management